STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> THANKS TO YOU AT HOME FOR
JOINING US. HAPPY TUESDAY.
A LOT GOING ON TONIGHT. SOME LATE-BREAKING NEWS ABOUT
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MIKE FLYNN.
AND THE FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY YATES WHO APPEARS
TO HAVE BLOWN THE WHISTLE ON HIM.
THAT STORY MAY DOMINATE TOMORROW'S NEWS, PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE FBI DIRECTOR JIM COMEY IS GOING TO BE BACK ON CAPITOL
HILL TESTIFYING TOMORROW IN OPEN SESSION.
TODAY, SENATORS FROM THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WERE
BUSSED OVER TO CIA HEADQUARTERS IN LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, TO GO LOOK
AT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AT CIA HEADQUARTERS RELATED TO THE
TRUMP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. THE SENATORS WOULD NOT SAY WHAT
THEY LOOKED AT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT WAS CLASSIFIED BUT WE
GOT TO SEE THEM GET TO THE SCOOBY VAN AND GO OVER TO
LANGLEY. IT'S KIND OF CUTE.
IT'S BOTH STEALTH AND ADORABLE. HOW I THINK OF THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. SO THAT STORY, THE TRUMP/RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION, YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT'S GOING TO GET BIG AGAIN.
THAT MAY BLOW UP AGAIN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO.
PARTICULARLY WITH THAT COMEY TESTIMONY TOMORROW AND WHAT'S
BREAKING TOMORROW ON FLYNN. THE LATEST ON THAT INCLUDING
SOME ABSOLUTELY HAIR-CURLING NEW REPORTING FROM "USA TODAY."
THE REPORTER FROM THE "USA TODAY" NEW SCOOP ON THAT SUBJECT
IS WITH US TONIGHT. IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TONIGHT, AS
WE SPEAK, THE DAY'S NEWS IS NOT YET OVER.
WE'RE ON PROVERBIAL POLITICAL DEATH WATCH YET AGAIN TONIGHT
FOR THE REPUBLICANS' CONTINUED EFFORTS TO KILL THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT. STARTING THIS MORNING OVER THE
COURSE OF TODAY INTO THIS EVENING, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
TRYING VERY HARD TO MOUNT A THIRD ATTEMPT AT REPEALING
OBAMACARE. NOW THEY ARE NOT EVEN TRYING TO
GET ANY DEMOCRATIC VOTES. THIS IS A 100% REPUBLICAN EFFORT
IN A CONGRESS WHERE THEY HAVE REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES IN BOTH
HOUSES OF CONGRESS BUT IT'S STARTING TO LOOK TONIGHT LIKE
THEIR REPEAL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT EFFORT IS GOING TO FAIL FOR
A THIRD STRAIGHT TIME. IT IS NOT DONE YET, THOUGH, BUT
IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR THEM. ALL EYES ON THAT CONTINUING
EFFORT IN CONGRESS. AN EFFORT, IF SUCCESSFUL, WILL
CAUSE MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE. WANT TO TRY TO GET A VOTE ON IT
TOMORROW. THEY'RE TWISTING ARMS 20.
EYES ON WASHINGTON TONIGHT, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT ONGOING
STORY AHEAD THIS HOUR. >>> WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT
WITH SOMETHING THAT HAD YOU ASKED ME THIS MORNING WHEN I
WOKE UP WHAT WOULD BE ON TONIGHT'S SHOW, I NEVER IN A
MILLION YEARS WOULD HAVE GUESSED THIS, BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING
I WANT YOU TO SEE. I WANT YOU TO EXPERIENCE THIS.
I SWEAR IT'S REAL. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE FOR A BIG
PORTION OF THE DAY, AFTER I HEARD ABOUT THIS TODAY, I
THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRANK.
I DID NOT BELIEVE IT COULD HAVE BEEN REAL.
WE'VE NOW CONFIRMED THIS IS REAL.
THIS REALLY HAPPENED. WE HAVE THE TAPE OF IT.
I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S AMAZING JUST TO EXPERIENCE IT IN THE
MOMENT BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF AN INCREDIBLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S
REALLY GOING ON, NUTS AND BOLTS IN AMERICAN POLITICS RIGHT NOW.
AMERICAN POLITICAL REPORTING BELTWAY MEDIA STUFF TENDS TO BE
REALLY FOCUSOD WHAT PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE DOING.
AND WHAT PEOPLE SAY TO REPORTERS AND HOW PEOPLE DESCRIBE THEIR
OWN AIMS AND INTENTIONS. IF YOU MUTE THAT AND JUST WATCH
WHAT HAPPENS, YOU JUST WATCH WHAT THEY DO, SOMETIMES YOU GET
A LOT MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING AND
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT NEXT. AND, BOY DID WE HAVE A STARK
EXAMPLE OF THAT TODAY. AND IT'S NOTHING THAT ANYBODY
SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO. HERE'S THE STORY.
YOU KNOW THAT ON FRIDAY, CONGRESS REACHED THE LAST-SECOND
DEAL TO FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A WEEK.
TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON A MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON
FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT'S 100th DAY
IN OFFICE. OVER THE WEEKEND THEY CAME UP
WITH A LONGER DEAL TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED UNTIL
SEPTEMBER. THAT'S GENERALLY GOOD NEWS FOR
EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHUT DOWN.
BUT THAT DEAL IS A REAL THING. IT'S A SPECIFIC THING.
AS PEOPLE STARTED READING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT
DEAL, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE REPUBLICANS IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T GET THE THINGS THEY PROMISED THEY WERE
GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT AGREEMENT.
AND THE DEMOCRATS PRETTY MUCH GOT EVERYTHING THEY WERE
INSISTING ON. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE
BIT ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT. SOME OF THESE DETAILS HAVE NOW
BECOME WIDELY KNOWN. REPUBLICANS DID NOT KILL THE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS OR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE HUMANITIES OR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC
BROADCASTING EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY WOULD.
THEY DID NOT SLASH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRO PROTECTION AG
BY 30%. EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY
WOULD. EPA ONLY GETS A 1% CUT.
THEY DID NOT KILL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THEY DID NOT KILL FUNDING FOR SANCTUARY CITIES EVEN THOUGH
THEY SAID THEY'D DO THAT, TOO. THEY DID NOT GET ANY MONEY TO
BUILD A FREAKING WALL BETWEEN US AND MEXICO.
AND ON AND ON AND ON DOWN THE LIST.
EXHAUSTIVELY, ACTUALLY, DOWN THE LIST.
SO BY THE TIME WE ORP THE AIR LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THIS
DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT, I THINK PEOPLE
BROADLY HAVE STARTED TO FIGURE OUT THIS FIRST BIG LEGISLATION
OF THE TRUMP ERA REALLY, THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION
THIS PRESIDENT WILL SIGN WILL BE A CHECKLIST OF WHAT DEMOCRATS
INSISTED ON AND NONE OF THE THINGS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
SAID THEY WERE GOING TO FORCE THE DEMOCRATS TO GO ALONG WITH.
IT'S REALLY TRUE. DOWN THE LINE 100%.
THE ONLY THING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOT PART OF THAT
THEY WANTED WAS INCREASED MILITARY SPENDING.
AND THE DEMOCRATS WEREN'T OPPOSED TO THAT.
SO THIS IS A DIFFICULT THING FROM A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE, IF
YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE -- THROUGH THE EYES OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. AFTER THE 100 DAYS BENCHMARK
WITH ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION AND POLITICAL ATTENTION ON THARKTS
ALL THE ATTENTION THE ADMINISTRATION ITSELF PUT ON
THAT BERCHMARK. BY THE 100 DAYS BENCHMARK BY
WHICH THE NEW PRESIDENT HAD PASSED ZERO MAJOR LEGISLATION.
THEY PASS THIS 100 DAYS BENCHMARK AND THEN HEAD INTO THE
NEXT WEEK AND YOU KNOW FINALLY WHAT THEY DO GET?
THEY DO GET SOME CONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATION FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THEY DO FINALLY GET SOMETHING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN,
SOMETHING MAJOR AND IT'S NOTHING THAT THEY WANTED.
RIGHT? THAT IS NOT THE KIND OF PRESS
THEY WANT RIGHT NOW. AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S -- THE
DEAL IS DONE. AND THE NEXT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
WILL HAPPEN ON FRIDAY IF THEY DON'T COME UP WITH A NEW DEAL.
IT'S TOO LATE TO CHANGE THE DEAL.
SO WHAT THEY DECIDED TODAY WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE
PRESS ABOUT THE DEAL. THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE DEAL.
LET'S CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE ARE SPINNING THIS.
LET'S TRY TO MAKE OURSELVES SOUND BETTER.
LET'S SELL THIS DEAL BETTER. AND THAT'S WHERE THE TAPE COMES
IN. SO TODAY THE ADMINISTRATION
DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE SPIN.
AND THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE STORY, CHANGE THE HEADLINES.
SO THEY CONVENED A BIG CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S NEW BUDGET CHIEF.
IT'S HIM ON THIS CONFERENCE CALL WITH EXPERIENCED TOP TIER
NATIONAL REPORTERS. CHANGE THE SPIN.
MAKE IT LOOK MORE LIKE A WIN FOR THEM.
AND IT STARTED OFF NORMAL. THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE
BEFORE THINGS WENT WRONG. >> I SAID YESTERDAY IN A
BRIEFING HERE IN WASHINGTON THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEMS WERE
TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR A WIN. THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. I THINK IN THE LAST 24 HOURS,
THOUGH, WE'VE SEEN THEM TRY AND TAKE IT SOME PLACE THAT IT IS
SIMPLY NOT SUSTAINABLE, WHICH IS THAT THEY WON AND THAT WE LOST.
>> THAT'S HOW THE CONFERENCE CALL BEGAN.
YOU CAN HEAR AS PEOPLE JOINING THE CALL OR AT THAT POINT, THE
WAY THOSE TONES GO, THOSE ARE PEOPLE SIGNING IN.
JOINING. GETTING ON THE CALL.
AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT.
DON'T BELIEVE THESE DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY SAY THEY WON ANYTHING
HERE. NOW WE'LL EXPLAIN OUR OWN NEW
SPIN ON THIS ABOUT HOW WE WON THIS.
THEN THE CALL STARTED AND IT TOOK A DRAMATIC TURN.
BUT THEN THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN REALTIME.
THIS IS HOW REPORTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCED THE REST
OF THE CALL AS IT WAS HAPPENING. >> THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT
ON TWITTER CALLED FOR A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN SEPTEMBER
TO TRY TO FIX THIS MESS. CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THOSE
COMMENTS? DO YOU THINK A SHUTDOWN WILL BE
NECESSARY LATER THIS YEAR TO GET THE BUDGET SYSTEM FIXED?
>> AGAIN, RIGHT NOW I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT SEPTEMBER.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS DEAL THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET WAS WE MIGHT NEED A
SHUTDOWN TO DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT WASHINGTON NEEDS TO BE
FIXED. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS NOW
AS WE'VE AVERTED A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS
THE PRESIDENT TO FUND HIS PRIORITIES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PUT US BACK ON, IF YOU COULD MUTE YOUR
PHONES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I ENJOY THE CLASSICAL MUSIC.
I DO. ALL RIGHT.
HOLD ON A SECOND. IS THERE A WAY TO --
WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION?
THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER. >> DOUG OBEY WITH EPA.
THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T GET RENEWABLE ENERGY SUBSIDIES.
WHICH SUBSIDIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
>> THEY COULD ASK FOR NEW SUBSIDY -- [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> HELLO? >> YOU'RE BREAKING UP.
♪♪ HELLO?
>> IS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? IS ANYONE THERE?
>> THE AUDIO IS BREAKING UP. >> THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!
>> THE PHONE IS MUTED? >> IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT THERE?
♪♪ >> THE PERSON JUST SCREAMED,
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING
VERY WELL. >> IS THE MUSIC CHANGING?
♪♪ >> HELLO?
>> YOUR CONFERENCE IS ENDING NOW AS REQUESTED BY THE HOST.
PLEASE HANG UP. AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.
THAT'S HOW IT ENDS. AS REQUESTED BY YOUR HOST, YOUR
CONFERENCE CALL IS ENDING NOW. CLICK.
LIKE THE MOST MERCIFULLY PLEASE HANG UP IN POLITICS EVER.
THE AMAZING THING WAS LIKE THE THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE
SONG. LIKE EACH OF THEM LOUDER.
WE DID NOT ADJUST THE VOLUME OF THAT AT ALL.
ALL WE DID WAS PUT THE SUBTITLES UP SO YOU COULD HEAR PEOPLE
LAUGHING AND SCREAMING. THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
AND ALL OF THE THINGS THEY WERE SAYING.
BUT THAT VOLUME WAS HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCED IT.
THAT WAS WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE DID TODAY.
THAT WAS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TODAY.
THIS WAS THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USING ALL THE POWERS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO RESPIN THE DISASTROUSLY BAD PRESS THEY'RE
GETTING ABOUT THE FIRST DIG OF SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL SIGN. AND THAT'S THE BUDGET DIRECTOR
ON THE PHONE WITH ALL THOSE REPORTERS WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
IMAGINE THE TRUMP IMAGINE DIRECTOR BEING LIKE, THIS IS NOT
WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO
EXPECT. IS THIS BACKGROUND MUSIC COMING
FROM US? SO AFTER STARTING THE DAY WITH
THAT, WHICH REALLY HAPPENED, THEY THEN DECIDED TO TAKE A
SECOND CRACK AT IT. THEY DECIDED TO GIVE THE BUDGET
GUY A SECOND CHANCE TO RESPIN THIS STORY.
THIS TIME NO CALLS, NO TECHNOLOGY.
WE'LL DO IT LIVE. THEY PUT HIM AT THE PODIUM AT
THE REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING WHERE THEY GAVE HIM PICTURES TO
ILLUSTRATE THE BORDER WALL HE INSISTED WILL GET BUILT, EVEN
THOUGH THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T GET THE MONEY FROM CONGRESS AND
WHILE HE POINTED AT THEM, THE PICTURES DISAPPOINTED.
YOU CAN'T EVEN DO PICTURES. THIS WAS AT THE REGULAR PRESS
BRIEFING TODAY. THIS IS OUR SECOND CRACK AT IT
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN LOOK HOW THAT BRIEFING
ENDED. >> WILL YOU GUYS JUST E-MAIL
WHERE THAT WALL IS FROM SO WE CAN IDENTIFY A LOCATION?
>> SEAN. SEAN, COME ON, SEAN.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE PUTIN CALL? >> WHERE DID SEAN GO?
>> JUST SIT. NO ONE LEAVE.
SIT AND WAIT. LET'S SEE.
SIT AND WAIT. LET'S SEE.
>> HE SAID HE'S NOT COMING BACK. >> HE'S NOT COMING BACK?
>> NOT COMING BACK. >> HE'LL COME BACK.
LET'S SIT HERE AND WAIT. >> WHAT ABOUT THE PUTIN CALL?
LET'S SIT HERE AND WAIT. APRIL RYAN IS LIKE, LET'S SIT
HERE AND WAIT. PETER ALEXANDER IS LIKE, I JUST
CHECKED. HE'S NOT COMING BACK.
THAT CANNOT BE. THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE -- THIS
IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING?
HE'S JUST GETTING UP AND WALKING OUT?
THEY CONVENED A PRESS BRIEFING AND NOW THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY
QUESTIONS AND THERE WILL BE NO SPEAKING?
PETER ALEXANDER IS LIKE, REALLY, HE JUST BAILED.
HE'S NOT COMING. THAT WAS THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
NO QUESTIONS. NO FOLLOW-UPS.
SIT AND WAIT ALL YOU WANT. THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SIGN
HIS FIRST BIG THING SINCE HE'S PRESIDENT AND WE'RE HAVING A
HARD TIME TALKING ABOUT IT. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE
THAT. THERE'S A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.
BUT ONE THING -- ONE THING WE -- ♪♪
ONE THING TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY'S NEWS IS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THE BACKGROUND MUSIC TODAY. THIS -- WHERE IS THAT COMING
FROM? THIS DID NOT WORK
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